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Bangladesh in triple crisis

00:59 Officials say this year’s flooding is the worst in a decade. See how an already vulnerable population is being left with nowhere to go as it faces a triple-crisis of coronavirus,

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Ethiopian returnees receive emergency COVID-19 aid at quarantine sites

NRC staff load trucks with essential materials that will be transported and distributed to quarantine/isolation centres where several migrants and returnees are located. /NRC Over 15,000 Ethio

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AIIB approves 250 mln USD loan to Pakistan to counter social, economic fallout of COVID-19

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of 250 million U.S. dollars to help Pakistan strengthen its response to the social and economic fal

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U.S. has "failed spectacularly" in COVID-19 fight due to inactive, fragmented response: media

The United States has "failed spectacularly" in containing the spread of COVID-19 due to its inactive and fragmented anti-epidemic response, The Washington Post said in an article published Monday.

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U.S. has "failed spectacularly" in COVID-19 fight due to inactive, fragmented response: media

The United States has "failed spectacularly" in containing the spread of COVID-19 due to its inactive and fragmented anti-epidemic response, The Washington Post said in an article published Monday.

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Chinese enterprises in South Sudan provide aid for COVID-19 response

The Chinese Business Association in South Sudan (CBASS) on Thursday donated food and relief items to help the east African country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhu Yan, acting chairperson of CBA

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UK shuns EU's COVID-19 vaccine program

The UK will not join the European Union (EU)'s COVID-19 vaccine program because it will have no say on negotiations with vaccine suppliers or on prices, UK's ambassado

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Chinese envoy encourages countries in West Africa, Sahel to settle differences through dialogue

A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on countries in West Africa and the Sahel to settle differences through dialogue. "Many countries in the region, including Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guine

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Trump wants U.S. schools to reopen in fall despite COVID-19

As coronavirus infections soar, states in the U.S. are reassessing how to reopen later this summer and fall. President Donald Trump is eager for things to return to normal.The Trump administration

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COVID-19 infections among U.S. meat, poultry processing workers affect large population: CDC report

COVID-19 outbreaks among meat and poultry processing facility workers can rapidly affect large numbers of people, according to a report of the U.S. Centers for Disease

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Global warming threatens 60 pct of fish species, media reports

Up to 60 percent of fish species around the globe would be susceptible to warming waters by 2100, a British weekly magazine has reported. In a worst-case scenario of global warming when the temperat

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China among high-performing financial inclusion countries in Asia

China is among the high performers in terms of financial inclusion in Asian economies, according to an index launched by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).The "Asian Index of Financial Inclusion Ecosyste

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China among high-performing financial inclusion countries in Asia: report

China is among the high performers in terms of financial inclusion in Asian economies, according to an index launched by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA). The "Asian Inde

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Serological survey begins in India's capital amid COVID-19 spike

Health authorities in New Delhi will undertake a mammoth exercise on Saturday to determine the spread of COVID-19 amid a spike in cases, officials said.The serological survey as part of the new CO

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Dead dolphins wash up on France's shores in record numbers

Dead dolphins are washing up on France's Atlantic coast in such high numbers that local populations of the mammals are at risk, marine biologists say.The overwhelming majority drowned in the nets of

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Venezuela imposes strict quarantine in states and capital

03:14 Venezuela on Monday imposed what its government described as a radical quarantine in several border states and the capital Caracas, as numbers of the coronavirus cases showed a s

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Turkey uses Chinese yuan in funding following swap deal

Turkey's central bank announced on Friday that for the first time, it used Chinese yuan for funding facilities under a swap agreement signed with China last year. Turk